From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 21-Jun-14 23:25, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >> On 21-Jun-14 23:15, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>> hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >>>> By the way, transit companies lead the way in the 1920s for better   
   >>>> pedestrian safety, such as crossing in crosswalks and not jay   
   >>>> walking.   
   >>>   
   >>> Sigh. Crossing other than at a crosswalk is not jaywalking. It's   
   >>> perfectly legal and safe to cross between intersections upon   
   >>> yielding to traffic; that's not jaywalking.   
   >>   
   >> Perhaps it's legal in your state. . . .   
   >   
   > It's legal everywhere but Texas. Yes, I should have qualified as Texas   
   > is always special.   
      
   It's illegal in New York (or at least New York City), and someone else   
   posted an example from in California.  So, perhaps it's Illinois that is   
   special--or perhaps you just don't know the law as well as you think.   
      
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